Chestnut on trial for nightclub shooting

12:03 AM,
Mar. 7, 2013

Written by

Sean Rossman
| Democrat staff writer

A Tallahassee man went to trial Wednesday on attempted murder charges for a 2010 nightclub shooting.

Genard Chestnut, 24, faces attempted murder charges for the incident that left Charles Gee with six bullet wounds after the two men got in a fight at the bar Big Daddy's on West Tennessee Street. Gee was left with gunshot wounds to the neck and chest, and a bullet was found lodged in his throat.

Prosecutor John Hutchins presented his case Wednesday, stating Chestnut shot Gee after not being allowed on stage during a musical showcase at the bar that night. ...